Презентация по английскому языку на тему "День Европейских языков" (7 класс)

DO YOU KNOW  EVERYTHING ABOUT  EUROPE?

LET’S EXPLORE EUROPE! WHAT COUNTRIES CAN YOU VISIT IN  EUROPE? LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN EUROPE  EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES IS… IS IT DIFFICULT TO LEARN  LANGUAGES? QUIZ “ARE YOU GOOD AT  LANGUAGES?” LET’S EXPLORE EUROPE!WHAT COUNTRIES CAN YOU VISIT IN EUROPE?LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN EUROPE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES IS…IS IT DIFFICULT TO LEARN LANGUAGES?QUIZ “ARE YOU GOOD AT LANGUAGES?”

WHAT IS EUROPE? Europe    is  one  of  the  world's  seven  continents.  The  others are Asia, Africa, North  America,  South  America,  Australia and Antarctica. covering  It  is  the  second­smallest  about  continent,  10,180,000 square  kilometres.  But  is  So  731,000,000  Europe  third­most  is  populous  continent  after  Asia  and Africa. population  people.  its  the

Europe  is  divided  from  Asia  to  its  east  by  the  Urals.  It  is  bordered  by  the  Arctic  Ocean  and  other  bodies  of  water  to  the  north,  the  Atlantic  Ocean  to  the  west,  the  Mediterranean Sea to the  south, and the Black Sea  and connected waterways  to the southeast.  There  are  about  50  states  in  Europe.  Russia  is  the  largest  by  both  area  and  population  (although  the  country  has  territory  in  both  Europe  and  Asia),  while  the Vatican  City is the smallest.

WHAT  LANGUAGES  ARE SPOKEN   IN  EUROPE? Most  of  the  languages  of  Europe  belong  to  Indo­European  language family.  These  are  divided  into  a  number  of  branches,  including  Romance,  Germanic,  Balto­Slavic,  Greek,  and  others.  The  Uralic languages  also  have  a  significant  presence  in  Europe,  including the national languages Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian.  The  Turkic  and  Mongolic  families  also  have  several  European  members,  while  the  North Caucasian  and  Kartvelian  families  are  important  in  the  southeastern  extremity  of  geographical  Europe.  The Basque language of the western Pyrenees is an isolate unrelated  to  any  other  group,  while  Maltese  is  the  only  Semitic language  in  Europe with national language status. In addition to current languages, there are many languages once  used in Europe which are now extinct.

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES IS… …сelebrated on 26 September. It is a  day  which  marks  the  importance  of  learning foreign languages.  for  Since  old  times  people  have  understood that foreign languages are  important  any  person.  So  UNESCO  declared  the  XXI  century  to  be  the  time  for  polyglots,  and  its  motto  is  “Learn  foreign  languages  while you live”.     2001  was  declared  by  the  European  Council  and  supported  by  the  European  Union  the  World’s Year of Languages, and the  26  of  September  was  chosen  as  European Day of Languages. to  be

Thera                                                                                           We   celebrate European Day of          FUN EUROPE QUIZ Languages on the 26th of   September. There are 28 countries in the European Union. The  capital of the European Union is Brussels. There are 50 countries in Europe. The official languages of European Union  are the languages of the countries  which are the members of the European languages.

FUN EUROPE QUIZ How much do you know about Europe

When do we celebrate European Day of Languages? 26 September

How many countries are there in the European Union? •28 countries

What is the capital of the European Union? Brussels

How many countries are there in Europe? 43 47 50

What are the official languages of the European Union ? The official languages of European Union are the languages of the countries which are the members of the European languages.

Can you name the countries of these capitals? Madrid                           Paris                Athens  London  Berlin  Rome

What Flag is it?

What is the official currency of Europe?

How many European languages  can you name?

What are the most common languages in Europe?  English  French  German

What is the most widely spoken language in Europe? a) German b) English c) Italian

English

Do  you  it’s  difficult  languages?  Can you be a polyglot? think  to  learn  IS IT DIFFICULT TO LEARN  LANGUAGES? You  see,  if  you  know  one  foreign  language, it will be easier to study the second  or  the  third  one  as  different  languages  have  the same roots. And besides, it’s cool to speak  a lot of languages.  By  the  way,  do  you  know  that  some  famous people are polyglots? For example, a  famous actor and sportsman Dolph Lundgren  knows 9 foreign languages, including Finnish,  Japanese  and  Russian?  A  well­known  singer  and  actor  Paul  Robeson  spoke  more  than  20  languages.  Anatoly  Ovsyannikov,  a  Russian  journalist, knew 40 foreign languages.

Pope Benedict XVI (1927): The Pope (soon former) mastered six languages: German, Italian, French, Spanish, English and Latin. When he was in Brazil he communicated in Portuguese, but he doesn’t speak fluently. Besides that, he can read in Old Greek and Hebrew and knows some Polish.

If you’re going to rule an empire, then you need to be able to master a language or two. The Queen of the Nile was of Greek descent, and, as well as knowing Greek and Eygptian, could also converse in Aramaic, Ethiopic, Latin, Hebrew, Syriac, Parthian, Trogodyte and Median, which must have come in handy during diplomatic (or not so diplomatic) discussions.

Natalie Portman (1981) – The actress has as native languages English and Hebrew. She studied German, French, and Japanese at university. She doesn’t think she has fluency in the Japanese language.

Dolph Lundgren (1956): the Swedish actor became famous for the movies Rocky IV, Masters of the Universe (as He-Man) and the Punisher. He speaks Swedish, German, French, Spanish and English and knows a little bit of Japanese and Italian.

Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993): The actress and model world- famous for the movies My Fair Lady and Breakfast at Tiffany’s spoke Spanish, German, Dutch, French, English and Italian.

Colombian songstress Shakira is a native Spanish speaker who is fluent in English and Por-tuguese, as well as some Italian, French, Catalan and Arabic. It has been known that Shaki-ra is interested in world history and frequently studies the history and languages of the countries she visits. She is also determined to teaching her son Milan five languages. Not only can Milan speak some words in Shakira's native Spanish and his dad's Catalan, he is also working on his Russian, German, English, Chinese and French.

Famous russian polyglots

A S Griboedov , the famous Russian diplomat and writer, was a many side personality. He got a profound knowledge in various spheres, learned several foreign languages, became a talented writer and able musician and an outstanding diplomat with instincts of a real politician.

Лев Толстой в совершенстве владел английским, французским и немецким языками, свободно читал на итальянском, польском, чешском и сербском языках. Знал греческий, латинский, украинский, татарский, церковно-славянский, изучал древнееврейский, турецкий, голландский, болгарский и другие языки.

Императрица Екатерина II, кроме родного немецкого и русского, в совершенстве владела еще тремя языками. Александр Грибоедов с юности владел французским, немецким, английским и итальянским языками, изучал латинский и греческий. Позже овладел персидским, арабским и турецким. Баснописец Крылов великолепно знал французский, итальянский и немецкий языки. Позднее выучил древнегреческий. Изучал английский язык.

LEARN AND SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES! Р У С С К И Й L I S DEUTSCH ITALIANO H E N G Знать  много  языков  значит  ключей к одному замку ­  иметь  много